SHERLOCK BBC THE BLIND BANKER

1.

Listen carefully and complete Soo Lins speech.

The ....................................... say - the more the .............................. is used, the
more ................................ it becomes. (Pours the tea) The pot is seasoned by repeatedly
pouring tea ................................................... (Wipes the surface of the clay. It gleams)
The deposit left on the clay creates this beautiful patina, over time. Some pots - the clay has
been burnished by tea made over ..........................................................

2.
a.

Finish the sentences with information from the video.

While Sherlock was fighting with a Sikh warrior, Watson was ...
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When Watson entered the flat for the first time, Sherlock was ...
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Someone broke into the bank late last night,
but ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Answer the questions.
How did Sherlock enter Eddie Van Coons flat?
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According to Watson, how did Van Coons die?
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What reason did Sherlock give to prove the man was murdered?
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There is a third murder. What conclusion did Sherlock reach about the deaths?
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5.

Write what you remember about the cipher.

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Vocabulary.
a. to row
b. cash
c. the day before
d. yesterday
e. left-handed
f. to take as gospel
g. to resign
h. croaky
i.
signature

j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.

orphan
beggar
skull
gang
under ones nose
crate
marvellous
to get some air to
the brain

r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
w.
x.

dull
to get off with
someone
squiggle
nibbles
to take someones
word for something
pin
hideout

y.
z.
aa.
ab.
ac.
ad.
ae.
af.
ag.

blind
clay
to break in
smuggler
skylight
cipher
quid
ricochet
flash

6.

Choose the correct option to complete the summary of the video.

Someone has (1) a big London bank and painted a strange (2) on the wall. Across town, the same cipher turns up at a (3). Two
men connected with each of these sites are later found (4): a Hong Kong trader and a (5) journalist. Given the height and
security of the various buildings involved, only a killer who can scale sheer (6) could have done it. And only the master of (7)
can solve it: Sherlock.
Sherlock and Dr. Watson soon establish that both men often (8) to China and both met their end shortly after visiting the (9)
Emporium in London. The meaning of the (10) is more baffling, and Sherlock contacts a friendly graffiti artist for help cracking
this puzzle. Also helpful is a fugitive museum curator, who herself has received the ominous cipher. And eagerly sought is "the
(11) that everybody owns," whatever that is, which holds the definitive (12) to encrypted Chinese messages appearing
throughout London.
Complicating the plot, Watson has found a part-time (13) at a medical clinic and has romantic designs on his boss, Sarah. Their
first (14) to the circus turns into a circus of sorts when they confront a life-threatening peril. But not as perilous as the fate
that awaits them after Watson is delivered the lethal cipher, under the killer's mistaken impression that he is Sherlock.
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. a. get into
a. Chinese cipher
a. cinema
a. dead
a. important
a. walls
a. crime
a. drove
a. Lucky Cow
a. cipher
a. guide
a. meaning
a. job
a. affair

b. broken into
b. Japanese cipher
b. school
b. alive
b. individual
b. wall
b. deduction
b. swum
b. Lucky Kitten
b. numbers
b. brochure
b. solution
b. hobby
b. exit

c. came into
c. Vietnamese cipher
c. library
c. maimed
c. freelance
c. obstacle
c. puzzles
c. travelled
c. Lucky Cat
c. code
c. book
c. mistake
c. work
c. date